Fergus Henderson quotes
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“Do not be afraid of cooking as your ingredients will know, and misbehave. Enjoy your cooking and the food will behave; moreover it will pass your pleasure on to those who eat it.”
-- Fergus HendersonSource : Fergus Henderson (2012). “The Complete Nose to Tail: A Kind of British Cooking”, p.5, A&C Black
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“Porridge and the urban lifestyle don't mix well.”
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“I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food.”
-- Fergus HendersonSource : "Table talk". Interview with Rachel Dixon, www.theguardian.com. August 26, 2008.
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“Nose-to-tail eating is not a bloodlust, testosterone-fueled offal hunt. It's common sense, and it's all good stuff.”
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“If you're going to kill the animal it seems only polite to use the whole thing.”
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“Do not let the word tripe deter you. Let its soothing charms win you over, and enjoy it as do those who always have!”
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“I feel good when I stir something with a spurtle, but I don't make porridge very much in London.”
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“Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things.”
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“We live in a flat; my wife would be happy if we had a house with stairs. Or a little cottage in the country.”
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“I had a holiday job in a kitchen, but I think well draw a polite veil over that. There was nothing joyous or creative about it. And none of this helped my studies.”
-- Fergus Henderson
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